Bicycle attachment.



No. 649,746. Y Patented may l5, |900.

J. E. UNEILL.

BICYCLE ATTACHMENT.

(Application iled Mar. 1, 1900.)

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JAMES E. ONEILL, OF VAUPACA, IVISCONSIN.

sier/CLE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFIGA'IIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,746, dated May 15,1900.

Application lled March 1,1900. SerlnlNo. 6,951. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, J AMES E. ONEILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waupaca, in the county of Waupaca and State of lVisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BicycleAttachments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to bicycle attachments. In supporting a bicycleagainst a wall or other upright support after the rider has dismountedit is necessary to parallel the front or steering wheel with the frameand the rear wheel. lWhen leaning against the support with thesteering-wheel in this position, the handle-bars project laterallyandare frequently brushed against by pedestrians, which causes thesteering-wheel to be swung around or turned at an angle to the length ofthe frame, thus permitting the bicycle to roll out from against thesupport and fall to the ground.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a simple, durable,and comparatively inexpensive and easily-applied attachment for abicycle whereby when leaning against the support its steering-wheel willbe retained in the position in which it is set, and thereby prevent thebicycle from being accidentally tipped over upon the ground by personsbrushing by the same or sudden gusts of wind.

Vith this object in view the invention consists, broadly, in thecombination, with magnets, of armatures, one movable with respect to theother, said armatures being arranged within the magnetic field and beingcontrolled thereby.

In the accompanying drawings, which represent one and the preferredembodiment of :my invention, Figure l is a side View of a portion of abicycle-frame and the steeringwheel, illustrating the application of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line a::n of Fig. 2.

In the drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts ofthe invention.

l denotes the steering-head tube or fixed frame of a bicycle, and 2 thesteering-frame, which comprises the steering-head which projects upwardthrough said tube and the front fork 3, which is fixed to the lower endof said head. These parts may be of any well-known or approvedconstruction.

4L 4 denote magnets which are bolted or otherwise secured to the upperend of the forks, and 5 5 denote armatures which are clamped orotherwise connected to the steering-head tube. The arrangement of theseparts may be reversed, if desired-that is to say, the magnets may besecured to the steering-head tube and the armatures secured to the upperend of the fork. When a bicycle is leaning against the Wall or othersupport, with the steering-wheel parallel with the rear wheel, thesteering-wheel will be heldin this posit-ion by the influence of themagnets, which attract the armatures thereto and hold them. Vhile themagnetic force is sul'licient to prevent the accidental twisting orturning of the steering-wheel at an angle to the rear wheel, it is notso great as to interfere with the steering of the bicycle by its rider.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of myimproved attachment for bicycles will be readily apparent withoutrequiring an eX- tended explanation. It will be seen that the device issimple of construction, that said construction permits of itsmanufacture at small cost, and that it is exceedingly well adapted forthe purpose for which it is designed.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction maybe resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. A

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a fixed part of a bicycle-frame and a movablesteering part of a bicycle-frame, of a magnet and an armature, the onecarried by said fixed part of the bicycle-frame and the other by themovable or steering part of the bicycle-frame, the armature beinglocated in the lield of the magnet.

`In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit-- ncsses.

JAMES E. ONEILL.

Witnesses z MICHAEL Hausnr, CHAs. J. ELLIS.

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